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WILLTAM H. LLIOTTfGF BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent lI'o. 105,321, lated Tilly 12, `1870.

IMPRGVEMENT IN SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

The Schedule' referred to ithes Letters Patent and making part of the same.

n. Drawing. Figure lls a perspective riew.

i Y, Y jlig'nfre 2 is anend elevation. 'Y

" .Fig'ure 3 is a modification of my. invention-,ns shown in figs. l :ind 2.

lheobject of this .invention is to produce :i seat, particularly designed for that .class ot', vchieles which are provided with'boxes, `which shall besimple inits'; construction, ceononiienlrdurable, aminotl'iable to tip over; and, to thisend, I

v; My invention consists-- 1 First, in supporting a seat upon springs, the outer ends ot which rest upon do`uble-or right and left bent l hooksyand the inner yends `being secured to the box,

` .and acting.,r against hlockswhich form fnlcrnins for the springs, thenpper sides of the parte oi' the seat, toK which-these parts are attached, having .metal plates, ortheir equivalent-s, for the purposeofpreventiug the seat from spli'tting;" and Second, iu `I nodityin-g the above, by `omitting the' metal plate, and introducing a strip below the seat, to whieltthe springs, blocks,&c., are attached, all of wvhieli will be fully designated and set forth in theiollowing speciieationandjclaim.

Similar letters` of' reference indicatelikc parts i n/caeh Cot' the figures. l H In theanneXe-d drawingbrming a part of this spccicntion f y AL represents 'a wagon-seat, lwhich maybe of' any forni of construction desired;` l r l B B-representfsprings inad'e of wood or metal, their outer'ends-being fastened to ,the right and left bent `--hocks"b,b, while their inner-ends are secured to'the underside of 'the seat by a bolt through a block, C, und alsohytwo bolts which "pass through two blocks .3 D D, .which blocksare Varranged between the ends of l I To the upper side, `asshown` inliigs. 1 nnd, metalor wooden plates, E E, are secured, for thepurpcse of preventing the seat from splitting bythe upwardaction of thetidcruin-hlocks D D upon the edges of the seat.

The hooks b b are made dat at one end,'to receive the springs, and round at the other?, to act over the sides of the box, as; thus constructed, they not only `prevent, to some extent, the injury which would ot-herwise follow from their contact 'with the seat, but their .lower ends have a vibratory motion, which is desirable.`

In fig. 3 n, modilcation of the principle above described is shown. rlhe construct-ion is precisely the saine as shown in figs. 1 and 2, with this' dilerence, that the plates E E are rejected, and n. strip, l1, ot

suitable material, is introduced below the bottom ot' the sont, toY which the parts B B, O, and D D, are nttnehed, and the seat itself rests,` upon this strip.

'It will heseen that, with this form of construction, the powers 'are eounterhalanced, the upward pressure upon the ends of thc strip F being governed, ofcourse,

l 'hy the amountof weight upon the` seat, so that, as

thel springs transmit their pressure upon the strip 11", through the blocks D D, in proportion tothe amount of weight upon the seat, that weight, pressing down upon the strip, equalizes the strain.

, AThe seat can be so made as to have any height from the ,bottom of' the box desired, and cannot possihlyvtip over.' I f5: Having thus described my invention,

What I claini,` and desire to secure by Letters Pat ,ent of the Unitedl States, is'- f 1. The combinu-tion and arrangement, with the scat v A, of the springs B B, arranged lengthwise of the box,

as shown, blocks O yI) D, plates E- E, and hooks b b,

substantially as shown and specified.

2. The combination andnrrangement ci' the seat A,

intermediate strip F, blocks U D D, and springs B B,

substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto snbscribedin y name-tothis specification-inthe presence of two artesting witnesses.'A y

lDone atBeardstown, in the county lof' Gase and State of Illinois, this fltlrda'yof` May, A. D.' 1870. s

'j WILHAM H. ELLIOT?.

Witnesses: 1

l .JAMES Germs, CHARLES Kme. 

